India: Literacy rates:
Literacy Scenario > Literacy rates: An analysis based on NSSO Survey 1997
The following compares the growth in literacy levels between 1991 and 1997
as well as the growth projected for 1998 in the age group of 7 +
Year Literacy Percentage
1991 52
1997 62
1998 64
This shows a jump of 10 per cent between 1991 and 1997 and a jump of 12 per
cent between 1991 and 1998. This compares extraordinarily with
the decadal trends of previous years since independence as depicted below
Year Literacy Percentage Percentage Decadal Growth
1951 18.3 -
1961 28.3 10.0
1971 34.4 6.1
1981 43.5 9.1
1991 52.2 8.7
Average Decadal Growth - 8.5%